Practice Groundwater Movement (33.4) - Occurrence, Movement, and Distribution of Groundwater

Practice: Groundwater Movement

Lesson 33.4Occurrence, Movement, and Distribution of Groundwater

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Question 1.
What does Darcy's Law describe?
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Remember it relates flow rate to how steep the water table is.
Question 2.
List the two main components of hydraulic head.
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Think about potential energy and where the water is located.
3Question 3.
What is Darcy's Law used to calculate?
- The amount of water stored
- The speed of groundwater flow
- The surface tension of water
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Think about what flow means.
4Question 4.
True or False: Hydraulic head is the sum of elevation and pressure heads.
- True
- False
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Remember the definition of hydraulic head.
Question 5.
Given a sandy aquifer with a hydraulic conductivity of 10 m/s and a hydraulic gradient of 0.05, what is the discharge per square meter?
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Use the formula and substitute the values carefully.
Question 6.
Discuss how changing land use, such as urbanization, could influence hydraulic gradients in a specific area.
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Think about how concrete affects water flow.

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